Baking-pan.



No. 794,292. PATENTED JULY 11, 1905. J. S. PREY.

BAKING PAN.

APPLIOATION Hum M11. 18, 1904.

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PATENTED ULY 11, 1905.

J. S. FREY.

BAKING PAN.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18, 1904.

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J. S. FREY.

BAKING PAN.

APPLIGATION FILED JA1L18. 1904.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3 Elnvonfoz atto'anug NITED STATES Patented July 11,1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. FREY, OF GLENDALE STATION, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO SILVER &COMPANY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEWV YORK.

BAKING-PAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 794,292, dated. July11, 1905.

Application filed January 18, 1904. Serial No. 189,587.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN S. FREY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Glendale Station, Queens county, in the Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Baking-Pans,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to those covered pans known as baking-pans? andit consists in certain novel features of construction and combinationsof parts hereinafter set forth and claimed.

The first part of the invention consists more particularly in certainimprovements on the sheet-metal pan-cover patented the 6th day ofDecember, 1892, by Silver 8: Company, corporation, assignee of HermanHollandt, by Patent No. 487,443; and its objects are to reduce the costof manufacture,-to render the improved cover neater and cleaner, tosafeguard the edges of the metal so as to free the cover from cuttingedges, and to adapt the cover when closed to more perfectly confine thesteam or vapor arising from its contents.

The second part of the invention consists more particularly in providingthe pan itself with a novel corrugated bottom; and its ob? jects are tofacilitate decanting the gravy and also dipping the same with a spoon,as in basting meat, to keep the contents from burning at the bottom, andto accomplish these results more cheaply than is in part done by puttingin an extra grating similarly embossed.

Three sheets of drawings accompany this specification as part thereof.

Figure 1 is an end view of the improved baking-pan. Fig. 2 is a top viewprojected from Fig. 1. tion on the line A, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan viewof the cover inverted. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the fiat blank fromwhich the body of the cover is formed. Fig. 6 is a plan view on the samescale as Fig. 5 of the body of the cover as formed by bending up saidblank. Fig. 7 is a plan view of one of the ribs, hereinafter described,as it appears in its first shape. Fig. 8 is a perspective view on sub-Fig. 3 represents a crosssecstantially the same scale as Fig. 7, showingthe same rib as bent up preparatory to fastening it in place. Fig. 9represents a fragmentary section through one of the ribs on the line BB, Fig. 2. Fig. 10 represents a fragmentary section through the edge ofthe cover on the line C C, Fig. 6. Figs. 11 and 12 are fragmentaryperspective views illustrating the way in which the corners of the bodyof the cover are put together. Figs. 13 and 14 are respectively top andbottom views of the fastened corner. Figs. 15 and 16 are respectivelytop and bottom views of the same corner more nearly completed. Figs. 17and 18 are respectively top and bottom views of the completed corner,and Fig. 19 is a top view of the uncovered pan on the same scale asFigs. 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Like reference letters and numbers refer to like parts in all thefigures.

The cover a and pan 6 are in common of suitable sheet metal, preferablysheet-iron or sheet-steel of suitable gage and quality, and preferablyare provided in common, as is customary, with suitable handles 1 and 2at each end, those of the cover a being preferably rigid and projectingupwardly and those of the pan 6 hinged and normally depending.

The cover a closely resembles in appearance that of said patent datedthe6th day of December, 1892, No. 487,443, but is of somewhatwidely-different construction, as will now be pointed out.

The main blank, Fig. 5, not only forms the top and sides or main body ofthe dome-shaped cover, as in the patented device, but also forms in onepart therewith by the metal outside of the dotted lines 3, 4, 5, and 6,Fig. 5, the outwardly and downwardly projecting rims 7 and 8 of thecover, inturned flanges 9, Fig. 10, whereby the sharp edge of the metalis inclosed and perfectly masked, and lugs 10 and 11, by means of whichthe corners are closed and reinforced in the-manner illustrated by Figs.11 to 14, inclusive. This metal is first doubled upon itself to form therims 7 and 8 themselves with the flanges 9, as in Fig. 10, the lugs 10forming elongations of the several parts of the outwardly-projecting rim7, as shown in Fig. 11. These elongations interlock with each other inpairs and are united by a rivet 12 at each corner, as shown in Figs. 12to 14:. The lugs 11 are bent at right angles, as in Fig. 11, and serveto close and reinforce the corners formed by the rim 7, as in Figs. 12and 14. It will be understood that the. cover a is inverted in Figs. 11,12, 14c, 16, and 18, as in Fig-4. Another advantage of so constructingsaid rims 7 and 8 is that when the cover a is applied to the pan in usethe escape of vapor or steam at this point is prevented in ahighly-effective manner owing to the absence of seams and the elasticityof the downwardly-projecting rim 8 adapting it to fit snugly within thepan 6. The inturned flanges 9 locate the sharp edges of the metal out ofreach as well as out of sight, and thus prevent cutting accidents inhandling and cleaning the cover. Each corner as a whole is furtherreinforced and safeguarded against cutting edges in a very simple way bymeans of a shield c, of pliable sheet metal, attached to the top of therim 7 by a pair of rivets 13, as in Figs. 15. and 16, and bent aroundand under the corner, as in Figs. l7.and 18.

Each of the corner-seams (indicated at 14, 15, 16, and 17 in Fig. 6) isclosed and safeguarded against cutting edges by a superposed rib d, oneof which is shown detached in Figs. 7 and 8. These ribs are convenientlystamped from flexible and pliable sheet metal, such as a suitable gradeand gage of tin-plate, with a central longitudinal depression 18 andotherwise flat, includinga pair of lugs 19 at one end. They are thenstamped into their final shape except as regards said lugs 19, as inFig. 8. In this form they are substantially M-shaped in cross-section,and when attached to the body of the cover a, as in Fig. 9, said centralportion 18 projects inwardly into and through the seam 14, 15, 16, or17, as shown in Fig. 9. To prevent the escape of steam or vapor by wayof the channels so formed, the lower end of each rib depression 18 isclosed by inturned metal of the lower end of the rib, as shown at cl inFig. 8.

The lugs 19, by which one end of eachrib is fastened in place, areadmitted by slots 20, Figs. 13 and 14, in the body metal and areclenched inside the cover, as in Figs. 16 and 18. The other ends of theribs dare conveniently fastened down by rivets 21, Figs. 2 and 4:, toadmit which the ribs are provided with rivet-holes, as shown at 22 inFigs. 7 and 8. By means of such ribs so fastened in place the inside of,each seam as well as the outside is rendered smooth and free fromcutting edges and at the same time is exposed, so as to be easily keptclean. The edges of the body metal are at the same time wedged apart andthe seams filled, so as to form tight joints of ample strength.

An opening in one end of the cover a; is preferably and convenientlyprovided with a ventilating attachment 0, Figs. 1, 2, and 4:, of knownconstruction, comprising a slide and its frame. As this forms no part ofthe present invention it will not be further described.

The pan 6 is or may be of known construction, apart from its bottom 23,Figs. 3 and 19, which see. To facilitate either decanting or dippinggravy therefrom, as well as to keep solid contents from burning fast,said bottom is preferably and conveniently embossed with eight groups ofcorrugations f, Fig. 19, arranged in pairs within its four corners, andwith fourintermediate groups of corrugations g, the several groups ofcorrugations being connected with all parts of the pan-bottom bylongitudinal transverse and oblique channels it, 2', and j. All parts ofthe bottom are thus adapted to discharge the gravy of meat quickly intoeither corner of the pan, from which it can be readily decanted, and bythe same means are connected with a mid-length space 76 at each side ofthe pan, from which the gravy can be conveniently dipped for bastingpurposes. In connection with the improved cover the pan 6 may in somecases be ofadifferent construction, the ventilating attachment 6 may insome cases be omitted, and 95 other like modifications will suggestthemselves to those skilled in the art.

Having thus described said improvement, I claim as my invention anddesire to patent under this specification- 1. In a baking-pan, adome-shaped sheetmetal cover having outwardly and downwardly projectingrims integral with the body of the cover, the metal extending firstoutwardly and inwardly to form the outwardly-. 5 projecting rim and thendownwardly and upwardly to form the downwardly-projecting rim.

2. In a baking-pan, a dome-shaped sheetmetal cover having outwardly anddown- 11 wardly projecting rims integral with the body of the cover, themetal extending first outwardly and inwardly to form theoutwardlyprojecting rim and then downwardly and upwardly to form thedownwardly-projecting I15 rim, and constructed with inturned terminalflanges whereby the edges of the metal are inclosed and masked withinsaid outwardlyprojecting rim.

-3. In a baking-pan, a dome-shaped sheet- 120 metal cover havingoutwardly and downwardly projecting rims integral with the body of thecover, the metal extending first outwardly and inwardly to form theoutwardlyprojecting rim and then downwardly and up- 5 wardly to form thedownwardly-projecting rim, and constructed with elongations of saidoutwardly-projecting rim interlocked with each other and secured by asingle rivet at each corner extending therethrough.

4:. In a baking-pan, a dome-shaped sheetmetal cover having outwardly anddownwardly projecting rims integral with the body of the cover, themetal extending first outwardly and inwardly to form theoutwardlyprojecting rim and then downwardly and upwardly to form thedownwardly-projecting rim, constructed with elongations of saidoutwardly-projecting rim interlocked with each other and secured by asingle rivet at each corner extending therethrough and inclosed bysuperposed shields of pliable sheet metal bent around the edges at eachcorner and fastened in place by a pair of rivets extending through eachshield.

5. In a baking-pan, a dome-shaped sheetmetal cover having outwardly anddownwardly projecting rims integral with the body of the cover, themetal extending first outwardly and inwardly to form theoutwardlyprojecting rim and then downwardly and upwardly to form thedownwardly-projecting rim, and constructed with lugs integral with saiddownwardly-projecting rim whereby the several parts of the latter aresecurely interlocked with each other at each corner of the pan.

6. In a baking-pan, a dome-shaped cover having its body constructed inone piece with corner-seams, and provided with ribs constructed withlongitudinal depressions which project between the edges of the metal ateach seam.

7. In a baking-pan, a dome-shaped cover having its body constructed inone piece with corner-seams, and provided with superposed ribsconstructed with longitudinal depressions which project inwardly betweenthe edges of the metal at each seam.

8. In a baking-pan, a dome-shaped cover having its body constructed inone piece with corner-seams, and provided with superposed ribsconstructed with longitudinal depressions which project inwardly betweenthe edges of the metal at each seam, the channels formed by saiddepressions having closed lower ends.

9. In a baking-pan, a pan having a rectangular bottom constructed withcorrugations integral therewith including inwardly-extending obliquechannels in communication with all the corners of the pan.

10. In a baking-pan, a pan having a rectangular bottom constructed withcorrugations integral therewith and mid-lengthbastingspaces at the sidesof the pan in communication with said corrugations, substantially ashereinbefore specified.

JOHN S. FREY.

Witnesses:

GUY W. FERDON, J. L. EWIN.

